CONSTRUCT
Construct is a series of photographs and the only documentation of four sculptures built and destroyed on the same day. This is a collaboration with French photographer and sculpture artist Théo de Gueltzl, set designer Heath Mattioli, the LA based production team Fox&Leopard and ERE’s creative team.
As the very essence of this project, the ephemeral life and gigantic scale of these constructions reflects the proportion of waste humankind is producing every single day. Each of these sculptures reaches up to 6 meters and they are made of what is considered as waste, from materials that arrived on that very day in a recycling facility in Los Angeles. After being photographed in the back alley of the facility, the sculptures were dismantled and the materials made available again to find a new purpose.
We are accountable for the abundance of materials humankind keeps producing and polluting planet earth. We have reached a point where materials now need to be reused and turned into something useful, protecting the natural resources that sustain us. Through valuing waste, diverting materials before they end up in landfills and switch to a circular economy model we can drastically reduce the production of virgin materials and battle the short life of objects.
As the very essence of this project, the ephemeral life and gigantic scale of these constructions reflects the proportion of waste humankind is producing every single day. Each of these sculptures reaches up to 6 meters and they are made of what is considered as waste, from materials that arrived on that very day in a recycling facility in Los Angeles. After being photographed in the back alley of the facility, the sculptures were dismantled and the materials made available again to find a new purpose.
We are accountable for the abundance of materials humankind keeps producing and polluting planet earth. We have reached a point where materials now need to be reused and turned into something useful, protecting the natural resources that sustain us. Through valuing waste, diverting materials before they end up in landfills and switch to a circular economy model we can drastically reduce the production of virgin materials and battle the short life of objects.
PHOTOGRAPHER/SCULPTURE THEO DE GUELTZL
SET DESIGN HEATH MATTIOLI
CURATED BY SOPHIE STROBELE
10/2020
ESPACE SYLVIA RIELLE
10 PLACE DES VOSGES
75004 PARIS
SET DESIGN HEATH MATTIOLI
CURATED BY SOPHIE STROBELE
EXHIBITION
10/2020
ESPACE SYLVIA RIELLE
10 PLACE DES VOSGES
75004 PARIS
SUPPORTING
ERE is supporting the #yearofgivingwater program from Drip by Drip, a non-for-profit organisation that is working to find, develop and spread solutions for the water issues caused by the textile industry, engaging with consumers and professionals to spark change and repair the pollution already caused in areas heavily dependent on the textile industry.
Bangladesh is the second largest producer and exporter of garments worldwide, employing a total of 4.1 million people. The clothing industry alone accounts for 84% of the country's total export earnings.